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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVUS A. W'AEBER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

M ETAL CAN, BOX, 4&0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,618, dated.September 2, 1890.

Application filed January 28, 1890- Serial No. 338,375. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS A. \VAEBEE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of New York, in the State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metal Cans, Boxes, andother Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide for the separation from thebody of a hermetically-closed can,box, or vessel of the top or bottomand parts of the side walls thereto permanently attached in such mannerthat after the separation the top or bottom and said permanentlyattachedparts of the side walls may be employed as a slip-cover, fitting snuglyto the body for the protection of the contents and capable of removaland replacement as often as may be desired until the contents of thecan, box, or vessel have all been used.

My invention consists in the construction of those parts of the sidewalls of the can, box, or vessel which are next to and perma nentlyunited with one end thereof larger 01' smaller than the adjacent partsof the body, and with parallel incisions between the said parts of theside walls and adjacent parts of the body, so that when a strip is tornout from around the can, box, or vessel between the said incisions thetop or bottom and permanently-united parts of the side walls willconstitute a cover, which may slip inside or outside of the body of thecan, box, or vessel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent side views of acan constructed for the slip-cover to be applied to the out-side of thebody. Figs. 3 and 4 are side views of a can of which the slip-cover isadapted to fit within the body. Fig. 5 is a side view of a modificationof what is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 represents a vertical section of aportion of a can corresponding with Fig. 7 represents a vertical sectionof a portion of a can corresponding with Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a side viewof another modification of the can shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the upper part a of the side walls of the can, withwhich the head or top a is permanently united, is made larger than thelower part b, which constitutes the body of the can, the difierence insize being about equal to the thickness of the metal. These parts a andb have between them two parallel incisions on the lines o and d, Fig. 1,said incisions being made partly through the metal. The said incisionsmay be made in the exterior or interior surface of the metal. In Fig. 6they are indicated at c and cl as made in the inner surface.

The portion e between the lines of incision is represented as made witha projecting tab or tongue f, Fig. 1, to be taken hold of for rippingout the strip or portion e, and thereby separating the upper parts a ofthe side walls from the lower part b, constituting the body. The upperpart a of the side walls and the head a now constitute a snugly-fittingcover, which may be put on the body I), as shown in Fig. 2, and takenoff again as often as may be desired.

The example represented in Figs. 3 and at is like that shown in Figs. 1and 2, except that the upper part a is made smaller than the lower partZ), so that when the part c is ripped out the part a, may 'enter thepart b to constitute an internally-fitting slip-cover.

The example shown in Fig. 5 only differs from that shown in Fig. l inthat in Fig. 1 the part 6 between the incisions is somewhat sunk ordepressed inward and in Fig. 5 the said part has no such inwarddepression.

The example shown in Fig. 8 only differs from that shown in Fig. 1 inthat it is a precise inversion of the latter, its bottom and the partsof its side walls thereto attached being larger than the adjacent partsof the body and being intended to form the slipcover.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A can, box, or other vessel of metal having parts of its side walls,with which one end is permanently united, different in size from theadjacent part of the body and having parallel incisions between saidparts of its sides and adj aeent parts of the body, whereby when theportion between the said incisions is ripped out the end and theportions of the sides united thereto are made to serve as a slipcover tothe body, substantially as herein set forth.

GUSTAVUS A. IVAEBER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

